One wanted to ask here once again now it looks like it at the next version so to do this if one starts an auction one also can choose only the function "buy-it-now". Yes, at present it is this so if one amount enters only the "buy-it-now", a start commandment of 1 euro is added automatically. However, it would like this so if is "buy-it-now" is only voted also only possibly for "buy-it-now".

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Posted: Thu Nov 04, 2004 11:18 am Post subject:

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I think we're going to need a whole section in the acp on setting up bidding styles to keep everybody happy. Either that or each seperate bidding style of auction would need to be delegated to a mod. Either way, that's going to be a fair piece of work, I think we need a grand-pubah ruling from FR on how he wants to deal with all of these 'auction bidding style' requests.

This however, I imagine, would be fiarly easy to implement on it's own. Of course all of them would be easy, on their own. At this point I think it's a matter of setting a standard for changing the auction type, and sticking with it.

I would like to see this one implemented as soon as posible, at any rate, because it would go hand in hand with the shopping cart page idea.

I think we're going to need a whole section in the acp on setting up bidding styles to keep everybody happy. Either that or each seperate bidding style of auction would need to be delegated to a mod. Either way, that's going to be a fair piece of work, I think we need a grand-pubah ruling from FR on how he wants to deal with all of these 'auction bidding style' requests.

This however, I imagine, would be fiarly easy to implement on it's own. Of course all of them would be easy, on their own. At this point I think it's a matter of setting a standard for changing the auction type, and sticking with it.

I would like to see this one implemented as soon as posible, at any rate, because it would go hand in hand with the shopping cart page idea.

other auction-system really seperate their platforms on all those different auction-types. the one i know charges you around 800 €/$ per package (one for reveres, one time for user-stores, one usal auctions).
i want to keep the package together, but if it is not efficient we just have to split it off as a mod.

i already wanted to start the reverse-auction request but i dont understand how we want to organize it (a special auction-room for it, do we safe all offers, many questions...)

Note: If Show all offers is selected, Seller should be able to select the default currency or 'Text' as the currency, and have a text box 250 chars for the bid amount.

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Note: comment section should be seperate, in the form the gaming site uses, NOT the way the job bidding site uses it.

In case the site admin wants to limit the types of auctions that the auctioneer can select from, we could consider adding a toggle in the acp, which would let the site admin pick which options the auctioneer can choose from.

FR wrote:

i already wanted to start the reverse-auction request but i dont understand how we want to organize it (a special auction-room for it, do we safe all offers, many questions...)

Special auction room - nope. as you see on the gaming site, currency and barter auctions mingle in the same categories, or auction rooms. This would work well with sub-categories however, and the site admin could develop auction rooms specifically for the reverse auctions, but I don't think it would be necessary to add the function to force people to add reverse-auctions to a certain auction-room. I suppose since we're piling options into the ACP anyway, that that could be added as an option though.

Save all offers - yes, that option should be added, especially with text offers. As you can see in the gaming site, barter offers get to be quite complex. While the bidder may think that a bid of 3 pigs and 2 chickens is better than a bid of 2 pigs and 3 chickens, it just might so happen that the seller NEEDS 3 chickens.

FR wrote:

btw. please consider that i have started coding that user-store mod.

Yes, and I couldn't be happier about that!

None the less, don't count this as a final list, but I believe if the project was started in this manner, it would allow us to add any auction types down the road that I may have missed. As an example, I am sure that sooner or later someone will request the option to select High bid wins - show all offers.

There could be an endless number of auction types, but this should get us started down the road, and keep everybody happy.

Edit: Oh yeah, don't forget the option to have the option to set the auction 'Buy Now' only.

This would integrate nicely with the show all offers feature, and the auction does NOT automatically close after a buy now offer. This would allow people to sell say.. 10 apple trees, to different people.

Perhaps:
Buy Now only - close auction on first bid
Buy Now only - do not close auction - show all bids.